This picture taken on August 25, 2025, shows workers harving pistachios from a pistachio tree in the Greek island of Aegina. Aegina is nowhere near the biggest pistachio producer, a distinction that goes to the United States, Iran and Turkey.
In 2023, Greece produced nearly 22,000 tonnes of pistachios, up from 12,000 in 2015, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
But Aegina's share fell from over 2,600 tonnes to 2,300.
Its number of trees in productive age and hectares of utilised land also steadily dropped -- unlike for Greek pistachio production overall.,Image: 1035169369, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Anna-Maria JAKUBEK, Model Release: no
